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My understanding was that you could absolutely contribute without joining the core team, but you do need to file some paperwork to ensure that code can remain i
by mrweasel 2y ago
My understanding was that you could absolutely contribute without joining the core team, but you do need to file some paperwork to ensure that code can remain in the public domain. The need for the legal paperwork is that public domain is not a thing in multiple countries.
- rollcat 2y agoThe justification and legal requirements are pretty clearly explained: https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html TL;DR: they have a company that legally employs every single co-author, to be able to sell you a Warranty of Title, just in case your company/jurisdiction/etc has a problem with public domain.